□ Monday, 14 May 2012

Some of the most iconic artists of the 20th century included in Impressionist and Modern art sale at Sotheby's
Sotheby’s announced a highly selective auction of Impressionist & Modern Art to take place in Paris on 30 May 2012. More...

Surrealist masterpiece by Roberto Matta to be offered at Christie's Latin American sale
Roberto Matta was an influential figure in the New York art world of the early 1940s. More...

□ Sunday, 13 May 2012

Sotheby's London sales of Modern & Post War British art realise a combined total of £7,719,650
Sotheby’s Modern & Post-War British Art Evening and Day Auctions concluded today with a combined total of £7,719,650. More...

Sotheby's to sell the most important portraits of the Dora Maar period to be offered at auction in France since 1998
PARIS.- Pablo Picasso’s Tête de Femme (1939-41) will be the highlight of the next sale of Impressionist & Modern Art at Sotheby’s Paris on 30 May 2012. More...

□ Saturday, 12 May 2012

Investors pay record $850,000 for Batman comic book in private transaction by Heritage Auctions
An investment partnership has paid a record price of $850,000 for a 1940 copy of the Batman #1 comic book, according to officials of Heritage Auctions of Dallas, Texas who arranged the private transaction between the investors and a collector. More...

Diego Rivera, Wilfredo Lam, and Armando Reverón lead Latin American Art sale at Sotheby's
Sotheby’s spring sale of Latin American Art in New York on 23 and 24 May 2012 will showcase a range of Latin American painting and sculpture from the continents’ most important artists including exceptional works from important collections that are fresh to the market with a particularly large selection of monumentally scaled works. More...

□ Thursday, 10 May 2012

Rothko painting sells for record $86.9 million; Klein blowtorch painting nets $36.4M
An iconic painting by French artist Yves Klein created with water, a blowtorch and two models has sold at a New York City auction for $36.4 million. More...

□ Tuesday, 8 May 2012

Auction-room fireworks expected at Morphy's June 22-23 auction of George Moyer collection
Fourth of July celebrations will begin early this year, with Morphy’s June 22-23 auction of the spectacular George Moyer collection of antique and vintage firecrackers. More...

Exceptionally rare and important Contemporary art masterpieces to be sold at Sotheby's
On 9 May 2012 Sotheby’s May sale of Contemporary Art will showcase exceptionally rare and important works spanning the past six decades. More...

□ Monday, 7 May 2012

Bouguereau paintings sell for $1.2 million in Leslie Hindman Auctioneers 19th Century Paintings Sale
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers held their Spring auction of Contemporary, Modern, American and European art on Wednesday, May 2nd. More...

Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomy: Royal Collection launches iPad app that brings Leonardo's work to life
Almost 500 years after Leonardo da Vinci’s death, technology brings the artist’s ground-breaking studies of the human body to life. More...

□ Saturday, 5 May 2012

Edvard Munch's 'The Scream' fetches record $119.9 million at Sotheby's auction
One of the art world's most recognizable images — Edvard Munch's "The Scream" — sold Wednesday for a record $119,922,500 at auction in New York City. More...

□ Saturday, 28 Apr 2012

Christie's to offer a selection of works by an American watercolor master, Stephen Scott Young
Christie’s Private Sales and Adelson Galleries present a special exhibition and sale of 40 works on paper by the American artist Stephen Scott Young (b. 1957) at Christie’s. The show will open May 14, coinciding with the publication of a new book... More...

□ Friday, 27 Apr 2012

Paintings, stolen during a violent home invasion in 1976, to be auctioned at Sotheby's in New York City
Two paintings that resurfaced 31 years after being stolen during a violent home invasion in Massachusetts will be auctioned in New York City next month. More...

Modern masters lead Christie's May sale of important American paintings, drawings & sculpture
On May 16, Christie’s will present the sale of Important American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture, featuring 100 lots that span a multitude of genres, including Impressionism, Modernism, 19th Century, and Illustration. More...